John Bellah

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John Bellah
Birth name:	John Walker Bellah
Date of birth:	12 December 1940
Roles:	Actor; Background actor
Character(s):	Enterprise crewman; Holographic Irishman

John Bellah (born 12 December 1940; age 83) is an actor who played an Enterprise crewman in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episodes "The Naked Time" and "Charlie X". Three decades later he played a Holographic Irishman in the Star Trek: Voyager sixth season episodes "Fair Haven" and "Spirit Folk". He did not receive credit for the latter appearances.

Bellah filmed his scene for "The Naked Time" on Wednesday 7 July 1966 at Desilu Stage 9.

In the 1960s, Bellah also appeared in episodes of The Lieutenant (1964, created by Gene Roddenberry and with Gary Lockwood, John Anderson, Sherry Jackson, Victor Tayback, Garrison True, and Carey Foster), The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1967,with Richard Beymer and Larry Anthony), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1968, with Ralph Garrett and Seymour Cassel), and I Spy (1968).

Further credits include the drama Triangle (1970, with Rhoda Williams), Cry for Me, Billy (1972, with Cliff Potts and Roy Jenson), the crime drama The Limit (1972, written, directed, and starring Yaphet Kotto and with Ted Cassidy, Richard Hale, Bobby Clark, and Jack Perkins), The Waltons episode "The Estrangement" (1975), The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977, with Garry Walberg, Barry Atwater, John S. Ragin, Ray Buktenica, Shay Duffin, and Stephen Manley), The Great Gundown (1977, with Stanley Adams, Don Charles McGovern, and Noble Chissell), the crime drama Delta Fox (1979, with Richard Lynch), the television drama A Few Days in Weasel Creek (1981, with Glenn Morshower), the comedy Kiss My Grits (1982, with Bruce Davison and John-Clay Scott), the television drama Ghost Dancing (1983, with Bruce Davison, Bill Erwin, Richard Lineback, and Sierra Pecheur), and the television drama Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987, with James B. Sikking, Robert Knepper, Marc Alaimo, Kamala Lopez-Dawson, and Neal Kaz).

In 2010, Bellah worked as mocap performer and lent his voice to the video game Red Dead Redemption. More recent work include episodes of Farmed and Dangerous (2014, with Ray Wise and Eric Pierpoint) and Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge (2014, with Kirk Thatcher and Michelan Sisti).

Among Bellah's non-credited background acting work are commercials for Bailey's Hat Company and G.E., Deadwood (2004-2006, starring Leon Rippy, Paula Malcomson, Brad Dourif, Jim Beaver, and Titus Welliver), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, with Lee Arenberg, Michael Berry, Jr., Zoë Saldana, Greg Ellis, Guy Siner, Vanessa Branch, and Tom Morga), and Hidalgo (2004, with Peter Mensah, Jerry Hardin, Frank Collison, John Prosky, Michael Canavan, Jeff Kober, Malcolm McDowell, and Shawn Michael Perry).

External link

• John Bellah at the Internet Movie Database